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...that I've seen my first Rush show. It was in Eppelheim near Heidelberg where the American troops were based at the time. The hall was a very small gym and all in all there were not more than 1000 people attending the show. Here's the setlist: The Spirit Of Radio Tom Sawyer Freewill Digital Man Subdivisions Vital Signs The Camera Eye Closer To The Heart Chemistry The Analog Kid Broon's Bane The Trees Red Barchetta The Weapon (With the "Count Floyd" introduction.) New World Man Limelight Countdown Encore: 2112 - Overture - The Temples Of Syrinx Xanadu La Villa Strangiato In The Mood YYZ (with drum solo) It was one of the best concert experiences to this day and the Signals tour had one of the best live sounds that I've ever heard. :rush: :smoke: :rush: :smoke: :rush: :smoke:

Happy Mother's Day To All Of Our TRF Moms Out There! http://allstarcharts.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Mothers-Day.png

Hmmm... Jethro Tull - Skating Away (on the Thin Ice of a New Day) - "Do you ever get the feeling that the story's too damn real and in the present tense?" Led Zeppelin - Tangerine - "Measuring the summer's day, only find it slips away to gray..." Steely Dan - Hey Nineteen - "Hey Nineteen, that's 'Retha Franklin...she don't remember, Queen of Soul." Supertramp - School - "Maybe I'm mistaken, expecting you to fight" Dire Straits - Skateaway - "She tortures taxi drivers just for fun"

Ninny. Oh wait thats a different song. Sorry. Yes and hell yes to Natural Science. Top 10 Rush song all time in my book....

Happy Mama Day to all the rockin TRF Mamas!!! :D

Great sentiment and by all means Happy Mothers Day to all out there who meet the qualification..... :) :cheers:

Thank you for starting this thread, ReGorLaTroy. My life is complete since I became a mom. It's one of the most wonderful experiences. I'm so grateful my Mom is still healthy in her late 80's, and will take her out for a meal today. She always puts her family first.

You promised you wouldn't do fruit this week. SOCN would like to apologize to everyone in the world for that last comment. It was disgusting and bad and thoroughly disobedient and please don't bother to post because we know it was very tasteless. Yes, yes, you must give us all a good spanking! You see, in our Church, we have a lot more fun. I can go down the road any time I want and walk into Harry's and hold my head up high and say in a loud, steady voice, 'Harry, I want you to sell me a condom. In fact, today, I think I'll have a French Tickler, for I am a Protestant. Guaranteed to break the ice at naughty parties. I would like to come in here for a moment if I may, and disassociate our Church from these frivolous and offensive religions. TO COMBAT THE RISING TIDE OF RELIGIOUS UNORTHODOXY, THE POPE GAVE CARDINAL XIMINEZ OF SPAIN LEAVE TO MOVE WITHOUT LET OR HINDRANCE THROUGHOUT THE LAND, IN A REIGN OF VIOLENCE, TERROR AND TORTURE THAT MAKES A SMASHING THREAD. THIS WAS THE SPANISH INQUISITION...' Not at all bad. ;) Another merciless sweep across the Video Vertigo subforum. Are there any New World Women here today? :drool: We are but eight score young blondes and brunettes, all between sixteen and nineteen and a half, cut off in this castle with no one to protect us! Oh, it is a lonely life -- bathing, dressing, undressing ,listening to Rush, making exciting underwear.... :boo hiss: They must have let themselves down a bit on the hobbies, dressing's not very popular around here. :boo hiss:

Horrible song ...to exclude from the setlist. I NEED to hear them play this live!

The Beatles - "Strawberry Fields Forever" Rush - "Subdivisions" R.E.M. - "Pilgrimage" The Velvet Underground - "I'm Waiting for the Man" XTC - "Chalkhills and Children"

Mission is a beautiful song, but it has been done recently. If I had to pick a song from HYF I'd want Turn the Page

You promised you wouldn't do fruit this week. SOCN would like to apologize to everyone in the world for that last comment. It was disgusting and bad and thoroughly disobedient and please don't bother to post because we know it was very tasteless. Yes, yes, you must give us all a good spanking! You see, in our Church, we have a lot more fun. I can go down the road any time I want and walk into Harry's and hold my head up high and say in a loud, steady voice, 'Harry, I want you to sell me a condom. In fact, today, I think I'll have a French Tickler, for I am a Protestant. Guaranteed to break the ice at naughty parties. I would like to come in here for a moment if I may, and disassociate our Church from these frivolous and offensive religions. TO COMBAT THE RISING TIDE OF RELIGIOUS UNORTHODOXY, THE POPE GAVE CARDINAL XIMINEZ OF SPAIN LEAVE TO MOVE WITHOUT LET OR HINDRANCE THROUGHOUT THE LAND, IN A REIGN OF VIOLENCE, TERROR AND TORTURE THAT MAKES A SMASHING THREAD. THIS WAS THE SPANISH INQUISITION...' Not at all bad. ;) Another merciless sweep across the Video Vertigo subforum. Are there any New World Women here today? :drool: We are but eight score young blondes and brunettes, all between sixteen and nineteen and a half, cut off in this castle with no one to protect us! Oh, it is a lonely life -- bathing, dressing, undressing ,listening to Rush, making exciting underwear....

thank you for acknowledging caress of steel. it is a perfect album. i get so tired of people dogging it. i think its great! i wish they would play fountain of lamneth live as an encore. wouldn't that be something?

Love letters are great to have. Seeing the words written does make a difference. I still have a shoe box filled with old love letters There really is no substitute for the written word. One year, a couple years into our relationship, my boyfriend/husband (I don't remember if we were yet married) asked me what I wanted for my birthday. I asked for a card, so I'd have something written from him to keep. Not only did he give me a card, he wrote in it a beautiful poem that even this non-poetry-liking person loved. I now have it framed on my desk.

http://static.fjcdn.com/comments/That+s+cute+_f763972d51b6854d4064cfaaed3d3514.jpg "La la la, tum tum... huh?" http://wpc.556e.edgecastcdn.net/80556E/img.news/NEECUFHHlJ5uIJ_1_1.jpg "WASSUP, BRO??" http://cdn.mos.musicradar.com/images/artist-news/rush/neil-peart-letterman-show-drum-show-corbis-630-80.jpg "Mother. Of. God."

Wow you guys don't really understand Hipsters here. I am not one myself, but Hipsters are like second hand smoke to me. I have some friends and a cousin who are, and more importantly I listen to stuff that Hipsters listen to (basically if the website Pitchfork reviews it, it's probably hipster approved). Playing a hipster all of these 70s power trio songs will just solidify them as another 70s band to them. Hipster music is generally unique in that it has something distinct to it, NOT THAT RUSH IS NOT DISTINCT! But that their 70s stuff does contain things that you could find elsewhere (space effects on 2112 for example are not unique to that song alone). Meanwhile the whole purpose for Hipsters to exist is to enjoy something mainstream, before it theoretically becomes mainstream. This is not possible with Rush, as none of their songs at the moment are recent releases, so therefore, they must be exposed to what would be perceived to be hipster approved for the time frame. The Basic rule is, pick Rush songs that have don't get played on the radio, but in you're mind should have. Having said that, we as Rush fans do want to demonstrate the enormous sound that they produce, and their musical skills, so some compromise must be reached. Some other key points about Hipsters, 1. They might act like it, but they are not all masters of music theory, simple music can catch them so they call it brilliantly unique, and complex music can off put them, so they call it simple. This is not a rule, but take their theoretical opinions with a grain of salt if you don't know their background well. Focus on their personal opinions 2. Being a Hipster has a lot to do about pride and self worth. Again this is not a rule, as I know many that are not so high headed, but the average hipster loves to boast their knowledge of bands you have never heard of, and then brush them off when (more often if) they become popular. To the average hipster, if you can hear them in a regular radio rotation, they have sold out. There are exceptions to this rule however (Radiohead is probably the worlds most popular hipster band, just as Rush is the most popular cult band). 3. Try to figure out what the popular hipster music of the area is, and base you're decision on what to play on that. Hipsters like whats popular at the time, so appeal to that. You could hit the jackpot, and the newest retro trend is prog rock, or synth rock or something. Finally, as a suggestion for what to play, from first hand experience, playing a hipster a rush album for the first time. I thought quick about what would both get the general picture of what rush is while appealing to his interests (for which, we listened to a lot of Animal Collective during the same trip, a band which like Radiohead has survived becoming popular while still being hipster-friendly) for which the album... Permanent Waves ...seemed like the best choice. It starts with a familiar song with good instrumental and sonic qualities that are distinct. Freewill presents their performance abilities, Jacobs Ladder will appeal for its odd characteristics and 3 distinct sections, Entre Nous for it's relative "Not for Radio" sound, Different Strings satisfies the minimalism component, and Natural Science provides the electro-acoustic component. The Album received the hipster sign of approval, not that he rushed out to buy the album, but he did not compare it to anything "better" or immediately switch topics to other music after hearing it. I would also suggest playing the Clockwork Angels live album do demonstrate their live capabilities, it has a really good mix of obscure songs on it, and the large amount of new material compared to playing a hits set would be greatly appreciated. Also I suggest Xanadu, the Fear series, Marathon, and Presto (the song) to cap it off. Hope that helps.

Aww Narpetski...I am sure you do a great rendition of Mamma Mia!

Columbo - Butterfly In Shades Of Grey

Do we want hipsters as Rush fans? Seems contrary to me. Start him off with Tai Shan then Dog Years.

I knew you'd like them, like I said Priest haven't released a bad album. Here's one off another album, one you've yet to get but this is an acoustic version and it's kind of a sequel to Desert Plains...

I just watched those two videos and alI I could think was.. I already admitted to liking the Bee Gees and Kiss in another thread and now here I am watching Abba videos.. not to dis Abba yet but TRF has definitely taken me to better places! maybe try this another time lol they didn't go through like a prog-metal phase or anything did they..? lol, good or bad music, nothing else.

I just watched those two videos and alI I could think was.. I already admitted to liking the Bee Gees and Kiss in another thread and now here I am watching Abba videos.. not to dis Abba yet but TRF has definitely taken me to better places! maybe try this another time lol they didn't go through like a prog-metal phase or anything did they..?

How's this? Looks interesting. On Turner Classics tonight (Sunday, 12:45 AM, actually). I'm recording it.

caught up via the history channel website on the episodes i missed earlier this season. Truly, this is an outstanding series.

10 May 2014 Saturday Raccoon Dog The raccoon dog is a small species of canine native to parts of eastern Asia. As it's name suggests, this wild dog has markings that closely resemble those of a raccoon, and has also been known to display similar behaviours, including the washing of food. Despite their similarities however, raccoon dogs are not actually closely related to the raccoons found in North America. Raccoon dogs are unique canines as they are the only dog-like mammal that hibernates through the winter. Although raccoon dog hibernation is not true hibernation, it means that raccoon dogs are able to sleep through severe snowstorms when there is not enough food to allow them to survive. Raccoon dogs usually become more active again in February when the warmer, spring weather begins to return. http://i.imgur.com/RR6o3wy.jpg http://i.imgur.com/B1daqoz.jpg http://i.imgur.com/3pR0knR.jpg http://i.imgur.com/xc3D3zb.jpg http://i.imgur.com/UB9nxKh.jpg

I just had to know if it was as bad as everyone said it was. Curiosity killed the cat. I still have "yet" to view it, or even an excerpt. I'll save you the trouble by giving you the one enjoyable scene in the movie (which is still kind of cringeworthy): https://www.youtube....h?v=8ZYrutVyZ-A If that was indeed the best part then count me out. It's kind of surprising it's such a bad movie though, because from what I can gather his show wasn't all that bad. This clip entertains me: http://youtu.be/bnyVE1go2vs Ugh... Honestly, that was about as bad as the movie to me.

You promised you wouldn't do fruit this week. SOCN would like to apologize to everyone in the world for that last comment. It was disgusting and bad and thoroughly disobedient and please don't bother to post because we know it was very tasteless. Yes, yes, you must give us all a good spanking! You see, in our Church, we have a lot more fun. I can go down the road any time I want and walk into Harry's and hold my head up high and say in a loud, steady voice, 'Harry, I want you to sell me a condom. In fact, today, I think I'll have a French Tickler, for I am a Protestant. Guaranteed to break the ice at naughty parties. I would like to come in here for a moment if I may, and disassociate our Church from these frivolous and offensive religions. TO COMBAT THE RISING TIDE OF RELIGIOUS UNORTHODOXY, THE POPE GAVE CARDINAL XIMINEZ OF SPAIN LEAVE TO MOVE WITHOUT LET OR HINDRANCE THROUGHOUT THE LAND, IN A REIGN OF VIOLENCE, TERROR AND TORTURE THAT MAKES A SMASHING THREAD. THIS WAS THE SPANISH INQUISITION...' Not at all bad. ;) Another merciless sweep across the Video Vertigo subforum. Are there any New World Women here today? :drool:

Gemutlichkeit (German word)

You promised you wouldn't do fruit this week. SOCN would like to apologize to everyone in the world for that last comment. It was disgusting and bad and thoroughly disobedient and please don't bother to post because we know it was very tasteless. Yes, yes, you must give us all a good spanking! You see, in our Church, we have a lot more fun. I can go down the road any time I want and walk into Harry's and hold my head up high and say in a loud, steady voice, 'Harry, I want you to sell me a condom. In fact, today, I think I'll have a French Tickler, for I am a Protestant. Guaranteed to break the ice at naughty parties. I would like to come in here for a moment if I may, and disassociate our Church from these frivolous and offensive religions. TO COMBAT THE RISING TIDE OF RELIGIOUS UNORTHODOXY, THE POPE GAVE CARDINAL XIMINEZ OF SPAIN LEAVE TO MOVE WITHOUT LET OR HINDRANCE THROUGHOUT THE LAND, IN A REIGN OF VIOLENCE, TERROR AND TORTURE THAT MAKES A SMASHING THREAD. THIS WAS THE SPANISH INQUISITION...' Not at all bad. ;) Another merciless sweep across the Video Vertigo subforum.

Who the hell is looking at the wine? Any time I'm around Geddy I develop tunnel vision. That happens to me at every gig. I try really hard to look at the others at least some of the time, but I seldom succeed. I refer to that as "Geddy-blindness." I am SO GLAD I am not the only one. I like to take pictures at concerts (when I am close enough) and it's so damn strange that I get hundreds of Geddy and only ten or twelve of the other two guys...what are their names again? :P My husband, a guitarist, has a man-crush on Alex. And we've only been on Geddy's side once, and we have one nice camera. Boy, let me tell you something, if you want to save your marriage and not hate your spouse, each of you need your own camera. My husband promised me he'd get pictures of Geddy for me because, I'll admit, he is the better photographer. But once we uploaded our pictures I had to sort through all of these pictures of Alex first. Alex doing this, Alex doing that, Alex looking right at the camera and posing for us, blah, blah, blah. I would never trust anyone else to take pictures for me at a Rush concert. They just don't know the kinds of pics you would want. Too many missed opportunities. I know, lesson learned. Next time, if I am lucky enough to be that close, I will either possess the camera the whole time or I will just buy a new one that he can't touch. I did end up taking a whole bunch of shots of Geddy with my iPhone, a few weeks later I took the dog to the park, had the phone in my back pocket, and really had to use the restroom when I got home... You can imagine what happened when I pulled my pants down. I remember that story.

Who the hell is looking at the wine? Any time I'm around Geddy I develop tunnel vision. That happens to me at every gig. I try really hard to look at the others at least some of the time, but I seldom succeed. I refer to that as "Geddy-blindness." I am SO GLAD I am not the only one. I like to take pictures at concerts (when I am close enough) and it's so damn strange that I get hundreds of Geddy and only ten or twelve of the other two guys...what are their names again? :P My husband, a guitarist, has a man-crush on Alex. And we've only been on Geddy's side once, and we have one nice camera. Boy, let me tell you something, if you want to save your marriage and not hate your spouse, each of you need your own camera. My husband promised me he'd get pictures of Geddy for me because, I'll admit, he is the better photographer. But once we uploaded our pictures I had to sort through all of these pictures of Alex first. Alex doing this, Alex doing that, Alex looking right at the camera and posing for us, blah, blah, blah. I would never trust anyone else to take pictures for me at a Rush concert. They just don't know the kinds of pics you would want. Too many missed opportunities. I know, lesson learned. Next time, if I am lucky enough to be that close, I will either possess the camera the whole time or I will just buy a new one that he can't touch. I did end up taking a whole bunch of shots of Geddy with my iPhone, a few weeks later I took the dog to the park, had the phone in my back pocket, and really had to use the restroom when I got home... You can imagine what happened when I pulled my pants down.

Who the hell is looking at the wine? Any time I'm around Geddy I develop tunnel vision. That happens to me at every gig. I try really hard to look at the others at least some of the time, but I seldom succeed. I refer to that as "Geddy-blindness." I am SO GLAD I am not the only one. I like to take pictures at concerts (when I am close enough) and it's so damn strange that I get hundreds of Geddy and only ten or twelve of the other two guys...what are their names again? :P My husband, a guitarist, has a man-crush on Alex. And we've only been on Geddy's side once, and we have one nice camera. Boy, let me tell you something, if you want to save your marriage and not hate your spouse, each of you need your own camera. My husband promised me he'd get pictures of Geddy for me because, I'll admit, he is the better photographer. But once we uploaded our pictures I had to sort through all of these pictures of Alex first. Alex doing this, Alex doing that, Alex looking right at the camera and posing for us, blah, blah, blah.

Aw s**t, I saw this a couple of times back when we had movie channels. Now I remember why we got rid of them.

I have to disagree there, I don't really think Belle and Sebastian goes well with Rush at all (certainly not Power Windows anyway, more along the lines of "The Best of Rush's soft stuff") and this movie clip proves my pointPower Windows is more for the Dan Deacon and other electronic hipster acts. I really wasn't claiming that Rush and B&S go together; rather, that there are hipsters lamer than other hipsters (B&S hipsters being really lame). I admit I hardly know what B&S sound like (I know the people who like them better then them). Heck, I hardly know what Power Windows sounds like ;) . I checked out B&S on YouTube and they are not so bad as I suspected. Too Blind Melon-ish for my tastes, but not completely awful. Maybe I should have used Death Cab for Cutie as a lighting rod for really insufferable hipsters (or at least the kind that would prefer synth Rush to rock Rush). DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE ARE AMAZING!

The true introvert .... can't accept praise.

Clever little things. Who knows where they may be hiding From now on, I'll look at bird droppings with suspicion

:cheers: Happy Anniversary Dread Pirate Robert :madra: You've beaten my giant, which means you're exceptionally strong, so you could've put the poison in your own goblet, trusting on your strength to save you, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of you. But, you've also bested my Spaniard, which means you must have studied, and in studying you must have learned that man is mortal, so you would have put the poison as far from yourself as possible, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of me.

Rush - Xanadu Uriah Heep - July Morning Yes - Close to the Edge Jethro Tull - Minstrel in the Gallery Iron Maiden - Rime of the Ancient Mariner

I really like Superconductor!

I've always had a weird soft spot for this album. It's probably my favorite of the first "era" of Rush that ended with the release of ATWAS. I like Lamneth better than 2112 too as far as epics go. For some time I thought ITIGB was really silly, but it's grown on me in recent years. I think it would be hilarious if Rush dropped that on people in a future live set. I can see them really hamming it up in modern-Rush-humor-style, and let Alex go nuts on the fadeout section. Coincidentally, I first bought the vinyl copy of this album on May 24, 1985. Listening to it that day, when I got to Lakeside Park, I was like "haha, cool..."

Just pop in Rush In Rio with him, sit back, relax, and enjoy with him. If he doesn't like it, give a tranqulizer dart to him. Also, pop in the Snakes & Arrows Live DVD. That's pretty great stuff where the S&A songs were better live than the studio versions. Just to convince the guy that they are a magnificant live band. All right, as for albums post-1990, maybe Clockwork Angels. That's what convinced me to listen to Rush on a more regular basis.

Moving Pictures and Permanent Waves without a doubt!

In broad daylight I'm a sceptic. In a dark forest at night I just about believe it all

fans period

axiomatic

Mrs. Johnson's son.

Lick and a Promise has always been my favorite Aerosmith song, but I can't get this one out of me head lately. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dzmz76vfgfs

Firestarting methods for all you pyros out there! :D

Here is something a non fan can say to a hardcore fan to get slapped. "Rush?... Oh yeah Rush I like Tom Sawyer" Me: There is so much more, get listening already (Throws Power Windows, A Farewell To Kings, Permanent Waves, and Clockwork Angels at the uneducated)